The others that Pei Baoer said in her mouth naturally included Qi Yu.

The little fat man is young, and he can't tell who makes a better article, he just thinks it's catchy. In contrast, he felt that the Emperor's cousin's article was a bit difficult to read, so he felt bad. In addition, once when he was hiding in the corner of the palace, he heard two gentlemen discussing this topic in private, one of them praised and praised Qi Jiao, the prince of King An's mansion, and the other also reminded him to be cautious.

If Liu Guogong is unwilling to be just a feudal general, guarding one side, and wants to go further, then, with his current status, there is only one way to heaven that supports the new monarch and follows the dragon's merits. And his best candidate for the new monarch is naturally Qi Jiao, the son of King An's Mansion.

Qi Heng smiled back at Pei Baoer's guess.

"According to what the princess said, the most important thing to watch out for is Liu Guogong?"

Pei Bao'er saw the banter in his eyes, and snorted twice: "Otherwise? Liu Guogong is the maternal ancestor of the prince of King An, and he has an army of 100,000 ......"

Qi Heng suddenly interrupted her, "But in my Dasheng territory, Liu Guogong is not the only one who has soldiers under his hands. ”

Pei Bao'er opened her mouth, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly thought of what Qi Heng asked Bai Lan to do.

"You, you mean, Marquis Zhongwu?"

Qi Heng didn't answer, but she intuitively felt that she had guessed correctly, and continued to ask: "Should it be, you already knew, right?" Letting the Lin family out of the house, did you do it on purpose? ”

"It seems that the princess really didn't lie to me, you read so many secret letters, you read one alone." Qi Heng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and there was no suspicion in his words.

Pei Bao'er said in her heart, maybe she was being watched by his secret guards at that time, what was the point of lying to him.

"Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Qi Heng sighed, "The princess is really fierce today, it's just that, I won't laugh with you." The matter of the Marquis of Chungmu ......"

At that time, the founding emperor of Dasheng was the first to win the world, so in the previous decades, the royal family attached great importance to the education of the children of the clan in martial arts. It's a pity that although the first emperor is mediocre, he is a long-lived person, he has reigned for more than 30 years, emphasizing literature over military force, and even because the household is crying poor and can't give military funds, he can come up with a bad idea of withdrawing one-third of the army. In the last years of the first emperor, Dasheng's soldiers and horses were very depressed, that is, since Qi Heng took power in recent years, the military generals were reused, and the atmosphere of the court improved slightly.

Up to now, in addition to the Beijing army, Dasheng's main forces are mainly the northwest, southwest, and southeast, which add up to about 200,000, 100,000 in the northwest and southeast, and slightly less in the southwest. As for Jingzhong, the 50,000 Praetorian Guards are the elite of the elite, and the rest of the battalions plus the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, Lala Miscellaneous also has nearly 100,000.

In such a comparison, the strength of the capital is actually not small, but compared to the soldiers who are exposed to the wind and rain outside, these in the capital seem to be a bit useless. If the Marquis of Zhongwu made a move, and even colluded with other vassal kings to make a rebellion, plus the private soldiers of those domains, Jingli really had to guard against it.

Externally, you have to be careful; Internally, it should not be taken lightly.

"Empress Dowager Qin, they are clamoring to replace the guard commander of the inner palace, could it be that they knew today?" Pei Baoer exclaimed.

Qi Heng chuckled, "Even you can guess it, which means that this game is not very clever." ”

In that year, the Empress Dowager Qin planned a palace change that ended without a problem, and the original Cheng'en Gong was removed from the position of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division because of this matter, and later because a concubine in the palace married a concubine and gave birth to a son during the national mourning period and was demoted to a marquis. It's just that in recent years, it has been a little more settled, and it hinders the face of the Empress Dowager Qin, and the prince of Chengen, who has been mixed with seniority in the palace guards, became the deputy commander again. Now, he took advantage of the assassination to kill Lei Chang, and at this moment, I am afraid that the palace is already in the hands of the Empress Dowager Qin.

Pei Bao'er saw that her guess was confirmed, and she was even more incredulous: "You mean, the assassination of the dancing girl was also calculated by them?" But she ...... No, it's a bitter meat ploy? ”

She felt that the whole world was magical, and the Empress Dowager Qin was inevitably too willing to spend her blood, and she actually dared to risk her life, but the blade was really poisonous. Empress Dowager Qin is also old, and she actually fights so hard. Is it really the charming eyes of power?

"Since the assassination is fake, the confession that Maihime said is not credible. She attacked her mother, could it be that she was also ......"

Qi Heng snorted lightly: "It's just that the Queen Mother wants to borrow a knife to kill people and vent her evil anger." Their grievances, I don't say you can guess it. ”

"Since you know it in your heart, you must have planned it in advance, so I won't talk nonsense. There is just one sentence, you," Pei Bao'er hesitated, and said slowly: "Think more about yourself and us before acting." No matter how monstrous the wealth is, one day he will die, just like King An, he won't be able to enjoy it, right? ”

Qi Heng looked at her deeply a few times, and was touched by the persistence in her eyes, and couldn't help but nod a little.

Pei Bao'er took a deep breath, looked at him twice, lowered her eyes again, bit her lip and said: "Anyway, it's like this, I can only be ......" The more he said this, the lower his voice became, and finally muttered something in a low voice, and hummed again, saying: "You have been a widower, but I don't want to be a widow yet." You, you can do it yourself. ”

I don't know if it's Pei Bao'er's appearance of wanting to cover up, or the silk of love revealed in her words, or the effect of Fang Cai's medicinal soup, Qi Heng actually feels comfortable and warm, as if the autumn sun shines through the window sash on the two of them, only the two of them, and the voices of people, birds, and insects next to them have disappeared.

The big pale hand covered the slender hand with two red circles printed on it, and gradually increased the strength until the ten fingers were intertwined, and they did not relax each other.

"Obey the Princess's command."

As if to hide his gaffe, Qi Heng looked at the sun, coughed lightly, and said, "Let's go, go see the concubine, and ask for a meal at her old man's house by the way." ”

Then, to Pei Bao'er's surprise, Concubine Lin came back after only two hours away from the house, and she also brought a filial salute to Concubine Wei.

At this time, it was the leisure time after tea and dinner, Concubine Wei hugged her big fat grandson, watching her son and daughter-in-law gather together to talk to her, and she was very satisfied.

"Ahem, didn't she just come this morning to say hello? What are you going to do now? Xing'er is very good with me, let her go back and rest. ”

Mama He was ordered to retreat.

Outside the door, Concubine Lin, who was waiting for a reply, smiled reluctantly: "In this way, I bothered Mama He to greet my mother for me." ”

Mama He went in, but Concubine Lin stood in place for a while.

Biyu behind him saw that he had eaten a closed door, and he couldn't see the little master, so he was thinking about the master's thoughts, but he didn't dare to disturb, and he accompanied him for a while before he reminded: "Master, let's go back first, or?" ”

Concubine Lin walked away, mumbled, but raised her foot but her figure shook.

"Master, be careful!"

Biyu hurriedly supported her, and when she stumbled like this, Concubine Lin's eyes suddenly lit up, raised her foot again, and walked in another direction.

"Master, where are you going? Aren't you going back to our yard? ”

Concubine Lin lowered her voice and reprimanded: "Shut up!" ”

Then, with a trembling jasper, with a fierce face and a cautious foot, he went to see another person.

This small courtyard is quiet, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, even in autumn, in addition to the fragrant golden cinnamon everywhere, the corner of the wall is also planted with bellflower, leek, lycoris, just in the flowering period, scattered purple, blue, red contrast, each spit their own fragrance, very wild.

Obviously, the host is a good person, but at this time, the visitors who suddenly came to visit were not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery here.

The comer walked in a hurry, with a sad face; The owner is leisurely, leading a little maid with a double bun to bend over to dry the flowers.

"Yo, what kind of wind brought you here today? This is really a distinguished guest~"

Aunt Qin smiled for three points everywhere, blessed her body, performed a standard salute, and invited Concubine Lin to take a seat.

Concubine Lin hurriedly walked all the way, her chest was still rising and falling rapidly, her nose was fluttering, and she gasped slightly: "No need to be polite." After a pause, he glanced at Biyu and the others again, and said, "You all retreat first." ”

Biyu was a little inexplicable, so she had to retreat obediently, but Aunt Qin didn't move.

Aunt Qin's smile faded, her willow eyebrows raised, and she looked directly at Concubine Shanglin's eyes, and after a while, she slowly said to the little maid behind her: "That is the case, you should go down first." Go and take out some of the tea that the old lady appreciated this year to entertain guests, save it for a long time, and lose its taste. ”

Concubine Lin's face was a little stiff, she didn't say anything, she glanced at the other party, and then raised her feet to enter first, followed by Aunt Qin.

After a while, the little maid came with a tea cup, but was stopped by Jasper.

"You, why are you so ignorant? The masters are talking, and they specially ordered not to disturb people, what are you still doing in the past? ”

The little maid was a straight gut: "But my aunt asked me to make tea for guests." ”

The two maids were arguing, and suddenly they heard a laugh inside, and they didn't know who made it, so they didn't dare to speak. Soon, Concubine Lin came out with a calm face.

Aunt Qin followed behind slowly, and said, "The side concubine Niangniang walks slowly, and I will not send it far." ”

The little maid stood aside with a confused face holding the tea, but Biyu secretly turned her head and glared at Aunt Qin.

After walking far, Biyu whispered: "Master, this Qin clan is too rude to you, but you are also ......."

She didn't know why her master came to Aunt Qin for no reason, and she didn't know what the two of them said inside. However, according to her guess, now that the little master is in the North Courtyard, most of the time the master asks Aunt Qin to help take care of one or two?

Concubine Lin was silent, and Jasper just chattered a few more words.

The figures of the master and servant slowly disappeared to the west, but the black tile in the corner of the courtyard wall suddenly moved, so fast that the little tea maid who was in a daze thought that she was dazzled, and only shook her head to hold the tea cup again.

Inside the darkroom.

A thin boy knelt on one leg and told the truth, and the young man sitting at the top suddenly frowned.

"You mean, the Lin family went to find the Qin family, and the two of them even talked secretly for a quarter of an hour?"

The boy said, "Yes." Subordinates see it with their own eyes and hear it with their own ears. ”

"Have you ever heard what they are talking about?"

Hearing this, there was a hint of fear in the young man's expression: "The matter is serious, and the subordinates dare not say anything, what they say is true, but please report to the master as soon as possible." The Lin clan wanted to blackmail the Qin clan and ask her to ......"